Specialist Respiratory Practitioner

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is recruiting a Specialist Respiratory Practitioner to integrate hospital and community respiratory services. The role involves delivering quality care to adult respiratory patients, leading home rehabilitation initiatives, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Significant experience in respiratory care, a relevant degree, and registration with HCPC or NMC are required. The position promotes career development and includes benefits such as flexible working and wellbeing programs.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Optional Cycle to Work scheme

Season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience in a specialty area.
• Experience in managing patient relevant to the specialist area.
• Experience in Pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Experience in integrated respiratory care.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate high quality care for adult respiratory patients.
• Support transitions of care within the community setting.
• Lead home rehabilitation initiatives.

Skills

Physiotherapy/Nursing knowledge

Advanced IT skills (Excel)

Ability to compile complex written information

Knowledge of research and audit

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy/Nursing

State registration with HCPC/NMC

Postgraduate study in Respiratory Care

Tools

Office Works suite (PowerPoint, Excel)

Job description

We are recruiting for a Specialist Respiratory Practitioner within the Integrated Cardio-Respiratory Services. This is a combined service working across hospital and community pathways, providing community services in clinic and home-based settings.

The service is a consultant led multidisciplinary team providing a range of service including; diagnostic clinics, COPD and asthma disease optimisation, exacerbation management, hospital discharge, home oxygen, pulmonary rehabilitation and dyspnoea management.

The aim is to provide a more accessible, efficient, cost-effective service integrating respiratory services across secondary and primary care, to enable continuity of care and give respiratory patients the opportunities to have access to care closer to their homes and end of life care in their homes.

The successful post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and dedicated social prescriber to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation and alternative models of therapy for patients who cannot attend pulmonary rehabilitation.

They will lead on home rehabilitation and community engagement initiatives with a dedicated focus on improving accessibility within the hard to reach populations.

They will have the opportunity to develop quality improvement and project management skills, working with a team of expert clinicians to promote the service through poster presentations, abstract submission and conference attendance.

Main duties of the job

• To facilitate and manage the provision of high quality physiotherapy/nursing care to all adult respiratory patients alongside the consultants, AHP's and nurses in respiratory medicine in a variety of settings to promote respiratory health within Imperial College Healthcare and the surrounding community.
• The respiratory practitioner will provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health care specialists, patients and their families/carers, known to the community service, and ensure smooth transitions of care into and within the community setting.
• The respiratory practitioner will have the opportunity to rotate through different specialisms and settings within the Integrated respiratory service.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy/Nursing
• State registration with the Health & Care Professions Council/NMC.
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
• Post graduate study in Respiratory Care

Experience

• Significant post registration experience in specialty area and experience in either junior specialty role or team leader management role
• Experience with managing patient relevant to specialist area
• Experience of working in Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Experience in integrated respiratory care
• Experience in oxygen services and acute management of the unwell respiratory patient in the community setting.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Able to demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of own patient group
• Knowledge of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes
• Good IT skills, Understanding of office Works suite including PowerPoint
• Demonstrate the ability to compile complex written information
• Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives/ committees.
• Advanced IT skills use or Excel

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearInclusive pro rata